Mnara floor lamp, 2023. Blackened steel, brass and linen.
Lot 10

Mwanga Works (founded 2017)

Mnara floor lamp, 2023

Blackened steel, brass and linen

168 × 45 × 45 cm

Estimate KES 120,000–180,000

Bidding

Sold

KES 140,000

Hammer price. Buyer's premium of 20% and VAT on the premium are added.

How bidding works

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About the work

A tall, slender floor lamp with a blackened steel stem on a round brass base and a drum shade in undyed linen.

Condition

Excellent.

Provenance

Acquired from the makers, 2023.

The artist

Mwanga Works makes lamps from woven sisal, brass and blackened steel in a workshop off Kirinyaga Road. The weaving is done by a cooperative in Machakos, the metalwork in Nairobi, and every shade is woven to fit its frame.

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